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pavbagel
pavbagel

Reputation: 651

Setting timezone, still getting the wrong date

Hi I'm using the moment library in node.js and setting the timezone. However, even after setting the timezone, I'm still getting the wrong date when I am console logging (it's a day ahead). Here is my sample code and output below.

Code:

  const moment = require('moment-timezone');
  const log4js = require('log4js');
  let logger = log4js.getLogger();
  logger.level ='debug'
  let date1 = moment().tz("America/New_York").toDate()
  logger.debug(date1)

Output:

  [2019-02-13T21:09:48.019] [DEBUG] default - 2019-02-14T02:09:48.019Z

Notice how the date is a day ahead of today's actual date.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 332

Answers (1)

Stock Overflaw
Stock Overflaw

Reputation: 3321

It's not randomly ahead, it's UTC, which is what JavaScript's native Date handles (and this is what moment's .toDate provides):

const now = moment();
const tz1 = 'America/New_York';
const tz2 = 'Africa/Nairobi';

// false: toDate provides a *copy* of the underlying native Date object
console.log(now.tz(tz1).toDate() === now.tz(tz2).toDate());
// true despite not being the same TZ: the underlying native Date is UTC-based
console.log(now.tz(tz1).toDate().toString() === now.tz(tz2).toDate().toString());

Upvotes: 1

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